Chapter 101 Beheading the traitor(1/3)
"Lord, the archery yard of crossbows and arrows has been completed."
Kuai Xiang came to the county government office and reported to Zhang Hua about the progress of the bow and crossbow archery construction courtyard.
The Bow and Crossbow Arrow Making Academy is a level 8 military building that can mass-made divine arm bows.
The Divine Arm Bow is a pre-equipment for recruiting Divine Arm Bowmen.
【Weapon】: Divine Arm Bow
【Effect】: Crossbowman attack power +4, range +25%, firing rate +10%, hit rate +10% (the effect of non-crossman is reduced by half)
【Special Effect】: The farther the distance, the weaker the penetration force
[Equipped troops]: Crossbow soldiers, light infantry soldiers
"We can finally recruit the Divine Arm Bowmen for Liang Hongyu, and the first batch of Divine Arm Bowmen, with a 500-strong group."
After Zhang Hua's territory's population increased to 150,000, he redistributed his troops.
Zhang Hua set up 10,000 main troops and commanded them himself.
Imperial Guards: 300 Tiger Soldiers (Xu Chu), 200 Heavy Armored Cavalry (Ma Wu), 300 Changshui Hu Cavalry (Deng Ai), 200 Sword Maids (Sun Shangxiang), 500 Iron Eagle Scouts (Hua Mulan), 500 Divine Arm Bowmen (Liang Hongyu).
Cavalry: 300 Changshui Hu Cavalry (Geng Gong), 500 Rangers (Zhao Ponu), 700 Light Cavalry.
Archers: 1,000 archers (Sun Shangxiang), 1,000 archers from Wu Kingdom (Jiang Qin).
Crossbow soldiers: 500 family troops (Zhong Shizhong), 500 Kangding Army (Fan Zhongyan), 500 crossbow soldiers.
Infantry: 500 Qihuo Army (Chen Wu), 500 Shu Han Light Infantry (Liao Hua), 500 Shu Han Spearmen (Zhao Guang), 500 Barbarians (Huan Dan), 500 Green Forest Army (Wang Feng), 500 Light Infantry (Feng Yi).
In addition, each of the four towns maintained 500 low-ranking soldiers and was responsible for public security. The county magistrate was led by a total of 12,000 soldiers.
Wang Er, a Northern Song soldier who defected to Zhang Hua in the early days, was assigned to Liang Hongyu by Zhang Hua.
Zhang Hua transferred Ma Wu, Deng Ai and Liang Hongyu to the Imperial Guards and trained them to become their own confidant generals and became their direct subordinates. The number of Imperial Guards increased to 2,000 people, all of which were the main forces.
Xia Village can be called the heavy armored legion with only Xu Chu's tiger soldiers and Ma Wu's heavy cavalry, with a total of 500 people.
Heavy armored troops are too expensive, and building heavy armor is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and requires time to accumulate.
"After recruiting the first batch of Divine Arm archers, sending troops to attack Liangjiabao, and then attacking Jin Wushu's main city."
Zhang Hua recruited Liang Hongyu and explained his plan to send troops to Liang Hongyu.
Liang Hongyu clasped her fists: "I will be familiar with the terrain of Liangjiabao, please be the pioneer!"
Qin Town, the originally peaceful town suddenly became boiling, and the troops were in chaos. Su Jiao and two Qin commanders led their troops from door to door to recruit strong men.
Wagang Village gathered a large army and invaded Gongzi Fusu's territory. Qin Town hurriedly raised an army to fight.
The territory of Prince Fusu has a population of 120,000. If all his young and strong people are young, he can get 10,000 soldiers and 20,000 local brave men.
Under Meng Tian's rule, the territory of Prince Fusu had the ability to mobilize almost all the men to strengthen them.
Prince Fusu came to the arrow tower and looked down at Qin Town, which was in chaos below, and was frowning: "Wagang Village sent troops to attack, and we will fight against Wagang Village with all our might. Then Jin Wushu and Zhang Hua might attack our Qin Town from behind. General Meng, what should we do?"
"Don't worry, young master, Zhang Hua will definitely go north to attack Jin Wushu."
“Why are you so sure?”
"The reason is very simple. Zhang Hua dared not let Wagang Village annex us. Otherwise, with the power of Wagang Village, even Zhang Hua would retreat."
Meng Tian has seen through the situation on the Great Plains.
Wagang Village is likely to be the most populous among the four major forces.
If Wagang Village, Jin Wushu, and Zhang Huaping divided the territory of Prince Fusu, Zhang Hua would not make any profit, and his situation would even be even more dangerous.
Because at that time, Zhang Hua will face attacks from two major forces, Jurchen and Wagangzhai.
Therefore, Meng Tian boldly judged that Zhang Hua's target was the Jurchen Jin Wushu.
Sometimes, using troops depends on betting!
"This time, I will personally learn about the strength of Wagang Village. Young Master, this is a good opportunity to experience it."
Meng Tian, who had always been cold, began to get excited.
The strength of Wagang Village is not only not weak, but is stronger.
Meng Tian, who lost the support of Qin's national strength, needed to block the 20,000 troops in Wagang Village with 10,000 troops.
It is also a rare opportunity for Qin Shihuang’s heir, Gongzi Fusu.
Young Master Fusu still hesitated: "But, what if, I mean, if we lose to the aggressive Wagang Army, what should we do next?"
"What are the young masters afraid of? Winning and losing are common things. If you are not careful in defeat, then we will go to find His Majesty the First Emperor and make a comeback. I think if Your Majesty knows that the young master has gained training, even if the young master does not have one soldier or one soldier left, His Majesty the First Emperor will look up to you!"
"General Meng said!"
Prince Fusu strengthened his beliefs because of Meng Tian’s motivation.
If Qin Shihuang also traveled over and fought in this world, there might be no shortage of territory that Prince Fusudao.
Meng Tian assembled 10,000 Qin troops in Qin Town, and conscripted 20,000 townships to transport food, grass and weapons, and decided to fight to the death with the Wagang Army.
The news of a war between Wagangzhai and Prince Fusu was quickly transmitted to Jin Wushu under the teleportation of the work.
"Young Master Fusu is busy dealing with Wagang Village. This is a good opportunity for us to attack Yan Town."
Jin Wushu put down the information he sent back in detail and scanned the Jurchen generals in the tent.
Zhang Hua was plotting Jin Wushu's territory, and wasn't Jin Wushu also plotting Zhang Hua's territory?
Zhang Hua took in the Song general Zhong Shizhong, who was defeated by Jin Wushu. Liang Hongyu, the grudge between Jin Wushu was no longer possible, and the two sides had only one battle.
Wanyan Zongbi said: "If you gather troops in Liangjia Fort, if Zhang Hua comes to attack, you will definitely take Liangjia Fort first. But don't worry too much. On the plain, Tiefutu and Guaizima are almost invincible."
"It's a pity that we haven't been building iron armor for a long time. We just recruited the first batch of iron pagodas and were about to have a battle with Zhang Hua."
Jin Wushu is still thinking about the chances of winning between the two sides.
"Zhang Hua is a powerful enemy. If he cannot win, all our territory's 150,000 people will be captured by him. Instead of being a wedding dress for others, it is better to recruit soldiers with all our might. If we win, we suck blood by plundering materials. If we are in transgressing, we will flee to the west."
Jin Wushu went all out in the face of Zhang Hua who defeated Huang Taiji.
Jin Wushu recruited soldiers and horses in the territory, sold iron and forged weapons.
The Jin soldiers gathered in Liangjiabao, and Zhang Hua, who had not returned to Xia Town for a long time, ordered the gathering of 8,000 troops and 15,000 rural warriors in Yan Town to prepare to attack Liangjiabao.
Jin Wushu was prepared for Deng Ai, who was good at surprise attacks, and deployed scouts on various roads. Once there was any disturbance, the Jurchen cavalry would immediately notice it.
The two sides had to confront each other on the plain terrain. For Zhang Hua's forces, it was quite difficult to attack and defend against the Jurchens on the plain.
There is a river between Yan Town and Liangjiabao, which is the river flowing out of the valley where Xia Town is located.
Therefore, Jiang Qin could lead a canal transport fleet to transport grain and grass from Xia Town to Yan Town.
For a time, the troops in Yan Town gathered together, and the wind and clouds were surging.
Fan Zhongyan, who was managing internal affairs, was also transferred to the camp to compete for military affairs.
The war broke out again on the plains, causing internal affairs to stagnate.
Military is an extension of politics.
If you lose to Jin Wushu, then all Zhang Hua's accumulation will be gone.
Therefore, Zhang Hua mobilized all resources in the territory and fought to the death with Jin Wushu.
"Jin Wushu seized Liangjiabao in advance, this is a good move."
Fan Zhongyan checked the terrain and Yan Town was separated by a river from Liangjiabao.
If Zhang Hua wants to capture Liangjiabao, he must cross the river.
With Jiang Qin's navy controlling the water surface, crossing the river is not a problem.
The problem is behind.
After crossing the river, you still need to pass through a flat land before you can reach Liangjiabao.
And when passing through this flat ground, Zhang Hua may be raided by Jurchen cavalry.
Chen Gong pointed at Liangjiabao: "There is another problem. Liangjiabao is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Once we can't attack quickly, Jin Wushu will send troops to cut off our retreat and will be wiped out."
"According to the detailed return, Jin Wushu built a rammed earth city wall in Liangjiabao, and built eight stone arrow towers and sixteen wooden arrow towers. Liangjiabao is like an iron hedgehog, with a copper wall and iron wall, which is difficult to capture."
The generals present fell into silence.
Originally, Liangjiabao was a fort used by Liang Hongyu and his daughter to resist various forces and take refugees from all over the country.
After Liangjia Fort was captured by Jin Wushu, Jin Wushu saw the excellent location of Liangjia Fort, so he strengthened the city defense of Liangjia Fort and turned Liangjia Fort into a fortress, where you can attack and retreat and defend.
"hateful……!"
Liang Hongyu thought that her father might die in battle, and Liangjiabao became Jin Wushu's territory again, so she gritted her teeth.
Zhang Hua inferred: "Since Liangjiabao is difficult to conquer, then attract Jin Wushu to fight. With Jin Wushu's character, he can't wait to show the power of Tiefutu and will be happy to fight us on the plains."
Mulan came in and brought the information sent back by the Iron Eagle scout: "Lord, the Liu Yu force between Jin Wushu and us was lobbyed by Qin Hui to surrender to Jin Wushu, sent two thousand troops to help Jin Wushu, threatening Yan Town from the side!"
"Liu Yu is looking for death."
To be continued...